Name: ____________________________

Date: ______________________

DBQ Essay
Essential Question: Samurai and Knights: Were the Similarities Greater than the Differences?
Paragraph I:
Introduce Topic:

First Supportive Idea:

Second Supportive
Idea:

Thesis Statement:
Answer the essential
question. This is what
you will defend/prove in
your essay.
Paragraph II:
Topic Sentence:
(This is a statement
about what point your
paragraph will make).
Evidence:
(This is where you
back up your point.
Use evidence from
the documents to help
explain how it
supports your point).
Concluding
Sentence:
This is when you sum
up your point and
introduce your next
idea).
Paragraph III:
Topic Sentence:
(This is a statement
about what point your

paragraph will make).

Evidence:
(This is where you
back up your point.
Use evidence from
the documents to help
explain how it
supports your point).
Concluding
Sentence:
This is when you sum
up your point and
introduce your next
idea).

Paragraph IV:
Restate Thesis
Statement:

RECAP first
supportive idea:

RECAP second
supportive idea:

Concluding Statement: